Thanks for calling that out, Trevor. I always thought that was the case particularly given my experience with women asking me to turn down the bass. But now that I've searched, I am less convinced.

I found a couple of references but nothing that I would say convinces me that females are more sensitive. First, this link cites that "Women seem to be around 3 dB more sensitive than men except at 8 and 10 Hz..." between 8 and 70 Hz.

https://www.noiseandhealth.org/article.asp?issn=1463-1741;year=2004;volume=6;issue=23;spage=37;epage=57;aulast=Moller#:~:text=%5BFigure%20%2D%204%5D%20shows%20their,be%20performed%20on%20these%20data

This link cites the following for "low frequency noise": "In somatization, a problem which has a mental or emotional cause is expressed as physical symptoms. These symptoms include: "headache, fatigue, joint pains, nervousness, sleep problems, burning of the eyes, nausea, dizziness, weakness, memory problems, gastrointestinal symptoms and respiratory symptoms" (Bailer et al., 2005). Typical patients are well educated, middle aged and about 70% female." My bolding.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1260/0263-0923.28.2.79

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